Lightfoot Professor of Divinity

The Lightfoot Professor of Divinity is a professorship or chair in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. The chair is named after the former Bishop of Durham J. B. Lightfoot. The current holder is John M. G. Barclay.[1]

Lightfoot Professor of Divinity

• Stanley Lawrence Greenslade (1943–1950)[2]
• Hugh Turner (1950–1958)[3]
• Christopher Evans (1959–1962)[4][5]
• R. P. C. Hanson (1962–1964)
• Douglas Rawlinson Jones, Old Testament (1964–1985)[6][7][8]
• James D. G. Dunn, New Testament (1990–2003)[9][10]
• John M. G. Barclay, New Testament (2003–present)[11]

See also

• Bede Professor of Catholic Theology
• Van Mildert Professor of Divinity

References

1. "Early Christian specialist is new Lightfoot Professor - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk.
2. "British Academy Fellows, Record for: Greenslade, Revd Professor (14/05/1905-08/12/1977)". British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
5. Blackwell, Ben C (2007-03-29). "British Bank Accounts". Dunelm Road. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
6. "The Rev Professor Douglas Jones". The Independent. 3 December 2005.
7. "Catalogue of Durham Cathedral Library Additional Manuscripts". reed.dur.ac.uk.
8. "(p17) Title of Professor Emeritus, (p19) Notes from Faculties and Departments, Faculty of Divinity", University of Durham Gazette, III (Combined Series) (1984–85), pp. 17, 19, retrieved 16 December 2019
9. "Professor James Dunn FBA", The British Academy, retrieved 11 December 2019
10. Metts, Michael; Wiesner, Robert (9 February 2016), "A Brief Literary Biography of James D. G. Dunn", Jesus and Paul and the New Testament
11. "Professor John Barclay, Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the Department of Theology and Religion", Durham University, retrieved 11 December 2019